The city of Mumbai was given in dowry on 23rd June.
The city of Mumbai was given in dowry on 23rd June.
News2News.in Explainer: Mumbai, the city of dreams, is also called the city of India’s financial capital. This Mumbai was earlier known as Bombay or Bombay. Mumbai is considered as the gateway of India and also the dream city of India. You must have heard all the incidents related to the city of Mumbai, but you would hardly have heard about an interesting incident that happened with this city in the 17th century. In fact, on this day i.e. 23 June, the city of Mumbai was given as dowry by the Portuguese to the King of England. Very few people would know about this incident. Let us tell you about the interesting incident of giving dowry to Mumbai city through today’s News2News.in explainer, knowing which you will also be surprised.
In the early 15th century, when the Mumbai Islands were under the possession of the Gujarat Sultanate, the Portuguese first invaded to establish their authority over it. But, at that time he could not win it. After this he attacked Bombay Islands once again in 1534 AD. Then it was occupied by Sultan Bahadur Shah of Gujarat, who was captured by the Portuguese and took possession of this island group. After that he ruled this island group for many years. Mumbai had become a good commercial center due to the rule of the Portuguese.
When the British came to India for the first time in the early 17th century, their eyes also fell on the Mumbai Islands. The British liked Mumbai very much, which was the reason that by that time this group of islands had become an important commercial center. There were several disputes between the British and the Portuguese regarding this island group. Later this dispute between the two ended when the King of Portugal decided to marry his daughter Braganza Catherine to King Charles II of England. The marriage took place on 31 May 1662 and the city of Mumbai was given in dowry on 23 June.
who was princess katherine
Catherine was the princess of Portugal. He was born in November 1638. She was married in June 1661 to King Charles II of England. Actually it was less marriage and more marriage treaty. Although Portugal gave a lot of dowry to England in this marriage, but the most important thing she gave was the Mumbai Islands. Portugal had given the entire Mumbai city in dowry to the king of England. However, King Charles II later leased the Bombay Islands to the East India Company for a mere £10 a year. Charles II handed over Bombay received as dowry to the East India Company and in return the company loaned 50 thousand pounds to Charles II at the rate of 6 percent interest. Along with this, a condition was also laid to give an amount of 10 pounds every year to the British ruler as the rent of the city of Mumbai. In this way the British captured the city. Which remained till India’s independence from then.
It took 6 years to capture Mumbai
According to historians, Briganza Catherine and Charles were married on 31 May 1662, but it took about 6 years for them to get their right over Mumbai as dowry. The reason for the dispute was the difference between the Portuguese rulers and the British people, in which it could not be decided that what is the scope of the area of Mumbai given as dowry.
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There was a dispute regarding the scope of the area
After meeting in Mumbai Dahej, there was a lot of controversy regarding its area. In the map of Mumbai, some other areas regarding Thane were said to be part of Mumbai, along with this there was a dispute about some other areas as well. On which it took about 6 years to reach an agreement. After this, on 27 March 1668, after getting his authority over Mumbai, Charles handed over the ownership of the city of Mumbai to the East India Company.
